Thursday, 7 June 2012

carnelian trade beads

I have had great fun with a large collection of artisan and trade beads which I bought as a complete collection recently . They are really beautiful in their own individual shapes and sizes. Many of these beads are carnelian which is the most wonderful colour , rusty reds and browns, needless to say many have not gone for sale but have ended up in my own collection .
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ome of these beads have considerable age and where used as trading beads , many are almost worn with use which makes them particularly special.

Tom tom

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Most of my adult life has been spent dealing in one form or another with Antique textiles. Recently I have found great interest in trying to source very old pieces which are now becoming so rare. I love to source early textiles from Spitalfields and have developed a great interest in early French fabrics and the history that goes with these beautiful pieces.
I currently still teach Art and Design but also run a business devoted primarily to finding these early pieces of textile both to collect and sell .
My stock for sale can always be found on ebay under my name .. sallie_ead and I have a web shop within the Ruby Lane antique on line shopping arcade. This is a new venture and is listed as Lucia Collectables.
I will post new finds on my blog and images of textiles which are fascinating and are part of my personal collection...
The Antique Textile Bazaar is going to have listed for sale the small fragments for makers and collectors and bundles of fabrics which are perfect for projects.
I will put the price which will include postage , second class, if you need ant first class postage i would have to charge a nominal fee. .